Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201092285 - EMPLOYEE DIES OF POSSIBLE HEAT EXHAUSTION

Accident Summary Nr: 201092285 -- Report ID: 0950645 -- Event Date: 06/19/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126213222	06/30/1998	0761	0	Ag West Labor

Abstract: Employee #1 was in a farm field breaking the connections to irrigation pipes. He had been doing this job for approximately half an hour. At about 4:45 p.m., Employee #1 was observed by other workers to be lying in the field he was working in. He was unresponsive. Fellow workers transported him to a local hospital. Employee #1 was pronounced DOA at 5:20 p.m. After an autopsy was completed and in the absence of any findings suggestive of sepsis the cause of death was felt to be heat exhaustion, possibly with cardiac arrhythmia. The high temperature that day was 93 degrees Farenheit.

Keywords: IRRIGATION PIPE, HEAT EXHAUSTION, HIGH TEMPERATURE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126213222			Fatality	Other	Farm workers

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